Ricky Jackson of Legend Engineering presented designs for a roughly 650-square-foot coffee shop with attached retail spaces and two drive-through lanes at the Nov. 4 Nassau County Development Review Committee meeting. Jackson said the property will tie into an existing master stormwater plan and private water and sewer infrastructure (master lift station); a JEA water meter and a hydrant were noted near the site.

Development Services staff asked that the site include sidewalk connections to the adjacent Taco Bell and to State Route 200, and suggested the applicant consider moving drive-through queuing to the side or rear of the building — similar to the nearby Taco Bell — to reduce queuing in front of the storefront. Staff reiterated that the project must demonstrate it will stay within impervious limits on the master stormwater system and said standard general notes, paving notes and construction-inspection fees are required with the engineering plan submittal.

Health staff said state permitting and fees for water/sewer availability letters and any well/septic requirements (if applicable) will be needed. The Fire Marshal said he saw no immediate access problems but warned that if tenant buildouts were combined into a larger-occupancy restaurant tenant the occupant load could reach the threshold for a sprinkler system; he also reminded the applicant that dumpsters should include drains and controls to avoid sanitary nuisances.

Jackson said the building shell is planned as a vanilla shell with future tenant build-outs and that the applicant will coordinate further driveway/queuing iterations with staff and the architect. Staff asked the applicant to provide revised driveway, sidewalk and stormwater layouts for follow-up review; no permits were issued at the pre-application stage.

Next steps: Applicant to supply sidewalk connection details, revised driveway/queuing options, and final stormwater tie-in details; Planning will provide written comments after the meeting.